U.S. Army mechanics and pilots sleeping in hangar at Clark Field, Pampanga, Philippines in 1941 (before World War 2). P-26 and B-10 aircraft on field taking off and in flight. Local native civilians admire the aircraft. Army officer fixing a notice on notice board outside barracks and Filipino soldiers standing in formation. Major General Jonathan Wainwright talking to other officer nears a river. Men tying military equipment with cloth piece and bamboo. View of them floating equipment across body of water. Water buffalo (carabao) and Philippine troops doing river fording exercises. U.S. aircraft flying overhead and Filipino troops perform live fire practice drills, preparing for future warfare.
View from above of uniformed Soviet soldiers in formation as an officer speaks to them during World War 2. Closeup of the soldiers standing in front of a large building. There are both men and women in the group. The all wear personal military gear and carry blanket rolls over their shoulders. Closeup of some, focusing on the women. Closeup of an officer addressing them. A civilian man and woman stand behind him . Views of the soldiers in formation. Closeups of two of the women soldiers. View of the line of soldiers. They begin boarding open trucks parked beside the building. They wave at well-wishers seeing them off as the trucks drive from the yard.
Young men stand in a formation in the USSR during World War 2. They are all wearing dark trowsers and white sweat shirts. At a signal from their leader, they all reach down and each picks up two simulated hand grenades from the ground. Closeup of the "grenades." The then run through woods and jump over a rustic fence. Some pair up and use their joined hands to boost others into the air and over the fence. They leap over a fallen tree and then jump down a steep hill and up another. They run into a river, wade rapidly across it, and climb up the opposite bank, where they flop down throwing their "grenades" as they do so. They get up again and continue running.
American soldiers watch as an Australian instructor demonstrates how the Lewis machine gun is light enough to be held and fired by one person. A soldier on the ground firing the gun in prone position. Two Australian soldiers climb a platform erected above a trench, where a Lewis gun is set up on a tripod. They fire the gun. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Wellesley College girls boat, an eight-oar shell, is seen running on the water as the Wellesley women's team practices for competitive crew racing in 1934.
WAACS begin their first day with the corps during World War 2. Women exit a clothing warehouse carrying bags of clothing. Women officers of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs), seen wearing uniforms. Beds in a row in a barracks during inspection. Two women officers shaking hands. Women stand in line to go into the mess hall. Women officers eating and drinking in the mess hall, including African American women who eat at racially segregated tables. Women stand at attention outside in rows. They march together in line.
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